#10tsabraids medias

New year new post right? Picked up a new camera to start out 2019. Gonna be bringing a camera with me whenever I go out this year. I'm going to try experiment with cinematic and street photography alongside my usual stuff

Life is too short to fall for people who don’t love you loudly, or for relationships that don’t set fire to your soul.
Our time on this earth is impermanent, and in the short years we must love fearlessly.
The person you’re meant to be with will challenge you, will push you, will make you crazy and happy and confused, and show you what real, complicated love is.
The person you’re meant to be with will terrify you because they make you feel something.
So this is what you need to know about love—you must always chase the person who scares you. Don’t settle for comfort because it’s familiar. Don’t be content with what you know because there’s a world out there waiting for you. And life’s too short not to pursue that.
Fall for the person who terrifies you because they have new ways of looking at the world, because they are different, because there is some unexplainable connection that is pulling you back to him or her, no matter how much you try to deny it.
Fall for the person who terrifies you because you feel something when you look into his or her eyes. and because scary is a change, a challenge, and both of those things will help you grow.
Fall for the person who terrifies you because what the hell else is our purpose on this earth than to love and love foolishly, fearlessly, fully?
Life is too short to hold yourself back from feeling something deeply. Life’s too short to deny your heart the pleasure of falling into someone, and giving them your soul. Life’s too short to pretend that you’ll find love where it’s comfortable and easy, because in all reality, love will never be easy. And that’s the most beautiful part.
Life’s too short not to pursue people that scare you, because those people are the ones who will change your life. And we’re all searching for that love that will alter our entire lives.
It’s waiting for you, go get it.
Words: @_marisadonnelly
Photo: @nicoleashley

You are going to be okay. You are. And I wish I could tell you when your hope will feel less heavy. I wish I could tell you exactly what is going to transpire in your life, exactly what is going to change — but I can’t. I can’t. Because there is no formula for survival, there is no right direction, or right path, or right journey. All I know is this: despite the way the world has failed to protect the tenderness that you are, despite the way it has clawed at the light within, despite the pain, despite the ache, despite all that has conspired to weigh down the soul of you — you are still here. You are still soft. You are still breathing. And no matter how many times you thought you were too weak to heal, no matter how many times you thought you couldn’t possibly move forward, you did. You did. The world did not end. The sky did not fall into your lap, the universe did not collapse into the heart of you. You survived. Something deep inside of you kept going. Something deep inside of you believed. And something deep inside of you always will. Trust in that.
Words: @ rainbowsalt
Photo: @carekettu

I’ll be for myself, everything you couldn’t be.
I’ll wake up and tell myself that I’m beautiful and that I have purpose. I’ll give myself pep talks and try to make myself laugh when I’m feeling down. I’ll take myself on dates and bring myself my favorite food. I’ll make sure to listen to me; really listen to my thoughts. I’ll take care of myself. I won’t neglect anything that has to do with my heart.
Because the truth is there’s nothing you could’ve done for me that I couldn’t do for myself, but I wanted you to make me feel less alone, to make me feel that someone out there cared as much as I did.
And I think that’s the most important lesson you learn when you fall for the wrong person — that you could be everything you want to yourself if you really had to and that sometimes you’re the only person you can really count on.
You’re the only person who’s not going to leave you and the love you give yourself is all that really matters.
So this is my vow to myself — I promise I’ll always be there for me, I promise to be kinder to myself when I start doubting my existence, I promise to be aware of my thoughts and feelings and cater to them and I promise that, as long as I live, I’ll always love myself, even when it’s hard, even when I’m being difficult, even when I’m not perfect and even if no one else loves me.
I’ll never give up on myself. I’ll always be proud of myself and the battles I’ve fought. I’ll be my forever, I’ll be there through thick and thin.
I finally realized that what I’ve been looking for was already in me, it just took you not seeing it for me to see it.
Words: @ranianaim
Photo: @tinotisr

Ok, so you need to see this in full length. This gown from @cruboutique @poshmark is just so beautiful and is what I was actually looking for when I got married but couldn’t find it within my price range—hence one of the beauties of secondhand/sustainable shopping:) ( @grandrapids.mi.local1 @localfirstwestmi @grmagazine @thegrguide @grnow @iheartgr @boutiquesofwm @wotv4women @eightwest8 @experiencegrandrapids @downtowngrinc @fox17morningmix @ootdsubmit )

Another view of this gorgeous secondhand gown from @cruboutique @poshmark . The earrings are from @stelladot . @jacijeffrey is a local fantastic rep for @stelladot , so contact her for any of their beautiful items. ( @grandrapids.mi.local1 @localfirstwestmi @grmagazine @thegrguide @grnow @iheartgr @boutiquesofwm @wotv4women @eightwest8 @experiencegrandrapids @downtowngrinc @fox17morningmix @ootdsubmit )